Meaning

(intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
2. (transitive) To say suddenly and with strong emotion.
3. (obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.

Example Sentences

I am a soldier, and unapt to weep, Or to exclaim on fortune’s fickleness.

Very grave and good Women exclaimed against Men who begot Children and then disowned them.

This wretched note was the finale of Emma’s breakfast. When once it had been read, there was no doing any thing, but lament and exclaim.

[…] he could remember Sally tearing off a rose, stopping to exclaim at the beauty of the cabbage leaves in the moonlight […]

[…] at the front door below a few guests were leaving, and the bright rectangle widened and narrowed as they slipped out into the night, laughing and exclaiming about the weather.

Must she be forc’d, t’exclaime th’iniurious wrong? Offred by him, whom she hath lou’d so long? Nay, I will tell, and I durst almost sweare, Edward will blush, when he his fault shall heare.

[…] her aunt, after having stared at me a good while with a look of amazement, exclaimed, “In the name of heaven! Who art thou?”—

Without returning any direct reply, Miss Squeers, all at once, fell into a paroxysm of spiteful tears, and exclaimed that she was a wretched, neglected, miserable castaway.

Word Forms

• exclaims
• exclaiming
• exclaimed
• exclame

Synonyms for exclaim

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When Should You Use Exclaim?

Use exclaim when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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